![]() Stone said his Wings and Rings is in a suitable spot after the challenges of the pandemic. The staff named it after Miso’s first burger-flipping robot, “Flippy.” Flippy’s namesake is, appropriately for the restaurant it’s in, programmed to cook wings. The company worked with California-based Miso Robotics, which designs robots for the restaurant industry, to bring Lil’ Flip aboard in Crestview Hills after a year and a half of testing. Wings and Rings is a Cincinnati-based chain with over 80 locations around the country that’s been around since 1984. "I thought it’s kind of funny that it’s made from a robot, so it’s really cool. “Very delicious," said Jessica Wylie, who was eating at Wings and Rings for the first time. The robot requires employees to operate it. ![]() ![]() He’s also an absolute machine, literally, for churning out chicken wing after chicken wing for hungry customers. Lil’ Flip works long shifts with no pay and never complains-besides needing the occasional technical issue worked out. That was the number one worry when bringing him in, was the reaction from the staff, and it has just been nothing but positive,” Stone said. They understand that he is not here to replace jobs, but he is here to increase the efficiency of the kitchen. When William Stone brought in “Lil Flip” to join the kitchen staff at the Wings and Rings he manages in Crestview Hills, he wasn’t sure how the rest of the staff would react. It uses AI and cameras to identify different foods, dropping them into appropriate deep fryer baskets.The restaurant’s general manager says the robot is the first of its kind in the world.The restaurant chain worked with a California robotics company to bring the robot to northern Kentucky.The Wings and Rings in Crestview Hills has a new wing-cooking robot.
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